Philip Metres

Poetry on the Web

Original Poetry


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Here is a selection of poems that appear in To See the Earth

Here is a selection from uncollected poems from various recent projects, including Obraz, --u--r---, and Ibn Gitmo Flarf Stations.

Poetry Translations

Sergey Gandlevsky

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An underground poet who survived the Soviet regime, alcoholism, the asylum, and a life-threatening brain tumor, Sergey Gandlevsky has emerged as a major figure in the Russian literary scene, having been named in a recent critics poll "most important living Russian poet."

Buy A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky

Lev Rubinstein

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Born in 1947 in Moscow, Lev Rubinstein worked as a librarian while he took part in the Russian literary underground, a job that inspired his use of the note card as poetic medium. Often called the postmodern Chekhov, Rubinstein's central importance to the Russian avant-garde, and his artistic affinities with international experimental poetry, make him an essential figure both to Russian and to world poetry. 

Buy Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Selected Poems of Lev Rubinstein